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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 1d

New @restispoliticsus.bsky.social LEADING with Dmytro Kuleba, former Ukraine foreign minister. On a day when the world’s eyes are rightly trained amid hope on the Middle East, vital we do not forget Ukraine

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157. Ukraine, Diplomacy, and the Future of Europe (Dmytro Kuleba) - Alastair Campbell

What is the current position of Ukraine in the Ukraine-Russia war? How delicate is diplomacy with Europe and with the US for the Ukrainian government? What are the differences between working with wor...

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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 2d

On @moisesnaim.bsky.social's new book: Thirty pages in, I even switched off my phone, to prevent unwanted distraction or temptation to find out what fresh madness Donald Trump had inflicted on the world.

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Alastair Campbell’s diary: How to spot the charlatans

Moisés Naím’s new book unpacks how these snake-oil shysters deceive the public

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 2d

Don Macintyre wrote a superb book about GAZA some years ago, and has now updated with three new chapters. Gaza Past Present Future - cannot recommend highly enough

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Gaza: Past. Present. Future. eBook : Macintyre, Donald: Amazon.co.uk: Books

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 4d

Happy World Mental Health Day
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Alastair Campbell on mental health - and his advice for the UK PM

The former Director of Communications and Strategy for the Blair Labour government, mental health campaigner and podcaster Alastair Campbell tells CNBC’s Tania Bryer about the importance of a focus on...

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 4d

Happy World Mental Health Day
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Alastair Campbell on mental health - and his advice for the UK PM

The former Director of Communications and Strategy for the Blair Labour government, mental health campaigner and podcaster Alastair Campbell tells CNBC’s Tania Bryer about the importance of a focus on...

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 5d

Tree of the Day the Skipinnish Oak again. Part of @wtscotsocial.bsky.social exhibition pre COP launched by King Charles and Prince William. Couldn’t be there as was at @bloodcanceruk.bsky.social event. Great to meet up again with Paul who has kept 12 years worth of packaging of his life saving drugs

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 6d

Fabulous send off for broadcaster and truly top man Stuart Prebble today. Funeral was at Pembroke Lodge Richmond Park so plenty of great trees nearby. Pic 1 Tree of the Day. So many wonderful speeches and a live performance by Rick Wakeman to round things off. Stuart would have loved it RIP

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 6d

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social - two years on from October 7, we discuss the anti semitic murder in Manchester, Trump Gaza plan, Israel standing in the world, Palestine Action protest law. Plus is Rory right that the Tories are on the road to ruin ?

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456. Antisemitism, How the Tories Lost Britain, and Gaza - Alastair Campbell

Why is antisemitism on the rise in the UK? Can Trump’s Gaza plan ever provide a just and lasting peace? Why does Rory think the Conservative Party is on a doomed path? Join Rory and Alastair as they a...

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 7d

Tree of the Day

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 8d

Tree of the Day the one sandwiched between the traffic lights … amazing colours

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 8d

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING with defence secretary John Healey - his 28 years as an MP, his take on TBGBs, all things military, Gaza, Ukraine, and a remarkable story of how he sailed across the Atlantic to celebrate a change in the law

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156. Defence Secretary, John Healey: Is Britain Ready For War? - Alastair Campbell

What tactic did Donald Trump steal from Gordon Brown? What can we learn from when Labour beat UKIP in the 2012 Rotherham by-election when it comes to taking on Farage? As a New Labour alumnus, why doe...

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 9d

Here we go #utc

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 10d

What an admirably clear statement from the Jewish Leadership Council, especially when all of those involved must surely have been dealing with so many other urgent challenges in safety, security and grief + shock today before having this further divisive and distracting intervention to address too.

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 12d

Tree (pairing) of the Day

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 13d

No it wasn’t.

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 13d

First time to superb new venue @sohotheatre.bsky.social Walthamstow to see Grace and friends in another sell out show. Sneaky Tree of the Day snapped near the theatre

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 13d

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social … reaction to Keir Starmer speech, and to Trump Netanyahu Gaza plan

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454. Starmer's Farage Fightback and Trump's Unworkable Gaza Plan - Alastair Campbell

Is it too late for Starmer to turn things around? Is Labour talking too much about immigration, and not enough about the cost of living? How can Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza lead to a Palestinian st...

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 14d

Legacy takes many forms … hi from Liverpool …

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 15d

New @therestpolitics.bsky.social LEADING with Mike Pompeo, Trump Term One CIA director/Secretary of State … on Russia, China, Europe, Gaza and more … gets spiky at times

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155. Mike Pompeo On Russia, Trump, and China - Alastair Campbell

Why does the former Secretary of State think the US is going too soft on Russia and China? What was it like working closely with President Trump? Why did Putin invade Europe under Obama and Biden, but...

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 16d

Trees of the Day right behind Big Shane

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 16d

German media seems to be taking more seriously than ours the fact a leading light in the party UK press keeps saying will be next government took bribes from Russia to spout their lies. Maybe it’s because they put NEWS ahead of propaganda

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · 18d

Bonus episode @therestpolitics.bsky.social with Gerald Knaus on why we should be really worried re rise of far right in Germany and how MAGA are fuelling it, which should make us more worried still

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453. Trump’s Far Right Allies in Germany: Is History Repeating Itself? - Alastair Campbell

Just how close is the far right to taking power in Europe and the UK? Why is Germany the perfect starting point for far-right agitators? Is Europe’s lacklustre response to an unfolding genocide in Gaz...

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The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 19d

🗞️ Our latest issue is on sale - American Hate

Featuring Matthew d'Ancona, @jamesrball.com, @sonia-sodha.bsky.social, @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com, @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social, @rostaylor.bsky.social and more

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 19d

Great to hear our article on the rise of Christian Nationalism cited on today's @therestpolitics.bsky.social. As @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social said, it's something from US politics that's historically been alien to UK discourse - but now suddenly it's here. You can read our piece about it here:

Rising Christian nationalism: a threat to us all

Scenes on Saturday of Christian preachers denouncing ‘Secular Humanism’ from the main stage of Tommy Robinson’s radical right Unite the Kingdom rally in London may have been surprising to see on the…

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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 20d

I think this is the right response. Trump will change his mind again (probably after talking to Putin or Orban); & in any case he offered no new US help, in terms of sanctions or military aid. As for "I wish both Countries well" - does that sound like someone working hard for the victory of an ally?

Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 20d

“What is new in Trump’s statements made today or what do they mean for us? Absolutely nothing,” said Yaroslav Zheleznyak, a Ukrainian MP. “And what should we expect next? Also nothing.”

On the Ukrainian and Russian reactions to Trump’s messages.
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Ukrainians find no concrete support in Donald Trump’s warm words

US president’s claim that Kyiv could win back all its territory from Russia came with no economic or military help

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